Luke Ski's Holiday Sale still on, new "Bad Rapport", "Kyle & Luke", & more! - Luke Ski Update 12/10/Well, "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" made Dr. Demento's Top Ten of November 2013 at #4! According to the unofficial fan tallies (Thanks DJ Particle), that bumps it up to the #3 most requested song of the year! :D We'll have to wait until December 28 to hear the Funny 25 of 2013 to find out if the predictions will come true. Also, there's a good chance that Tony Goldmark's cover of "You Don't Know Jack" will make it on the list somewhere near the bottom. I hope so, so that "Worst Tribute Ever" will get represented, and because 'Jack' is one of my favorite tracks from the collection. Thank you again to everyone who has been requesting Luke Ski songs all year! I have plans to start writing and recording new music soon, and it won't be long into 2014 before you hear it. Hope you're having a happy holiday season! :)

To celebrate that, I have dropped all my CD & MP3 album prices to $7.99 for single CDs, and $11.99 for 2-CD sets and DVDs! I also marked down the "Bad Rapport" podcast CDs to $5.99 for the '11/'12 2-CD set, or just $2.99 for the 2012 CD! And I have the last 3 of the "Bacon: Shut Up!" t-shirts (Size Large) for $6.99. These are limited time offers, not guaranteed to last past 11:59:59 pm on Monday, December 2nd, so take advantage of this offer while you can!https://lukeski.bandcamp.com/merch

Another amazing deal there is The Ultimate Luke Ski CD “Box Set”, which contains one of every piece of physical media I’m currently selling at my live shows, all for $100! I only have ONE these sets left, so if you’d like to snag it for yourself or as a gift for a friend, get it quick.https://lukeski.bandcamp.com/merch/the-ultimate-luke-ski-cd-box-set

And finally, I’ve whipped up a new digital compilation of all my holiday tracks on one MP3 album, “The Fanboy Christmas Collection”! It’s got 6 tracks, 40 minutes of geeky holiday goodness, all for just $4.99! You probably already own all of these tracks, but you can always share the link to the collection with your nerdy friends on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media!https://lukeski.bandcamp.com/album/the-fanboy-christmas-collection

1. This is the last time I'll be asking you to request "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" for "The Dr. Demento Show", so please help me out one more time and I'll shut up about it. Thanks. :)

2. "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport" now has a shorter format with less talking and the same amount of funny music. If you've never listened to the show before, or you used to and gave up on it, the newest Episode #94 would be a good one to give it a (nother) chance with.

3. If you are interested in booking me to draw at a holiday party in the Chicago tri-state area, or to draw a cartoon or caricature as a holiday card or gift, now is the time to contact me to book/hire me.

I'll be emailing again in one week on Cyber Monday with some deals on Luke Ski merch. Until then, allons-y and geronimo!

~ Luke Ski, 11/25/2013

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HEADLINES:

- Please REQUEST "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR"for "The Dr. Demento Show" at http://drdemento.com/request !And please include your e-mail addr. so it counts towards the Top 10!

I'm happy to report that "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" was #5 on The Dr. Demento Show's Top Ten for September 2013! Thanks so much to all of you dwarves and ewoks who have been requesting it! It's still the 4th most requested song of the year according to the unofficial fan tallies, but your requests could push it up to #3 or #2! So spread the word from Dagobah to Wonderland, share the music video on YouTube with your friends, and put in a REQUEST for "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" at http://drdemento.com/requestTODAY, and be sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS so it counts towards the Top Ten tabulations!

In our second episode, Kyle & Luke review the book "Sick Little Monkeys" by Thad Komorowski, an unauthourized biography of the history of "The Ren & Stimpy Show", and talk about how that show and it's creators effected us artistically and emotionally, and the huge point-of-view-changing revelations from this amazing book.

Currently pre-registration for a weekend badge for MarsCon 2014 is only $40.00! The price will increase on November 1st, which is 4 days from now. So get your badge before Midnight on October 31st, and spend the extra money you saved buying your badge early on Halloween candy! (http://marscon.org/2014/register.php)

Remember, MarsCon 2014 will feature Music Guest Of Honor Henry Phillips, and the crew of "Under The Smogberry Trees: The True Story Of Dr. Demento And Mr. Hansen" will be attending & filming as well! We'll be announcing the rest of the 2014 Dementia Track performers in the weeks to come, so register now for the past decade's most successful annual gathering of comedy music fandom!

This Tuesday evening, October 29th, Carrie Dahlby and I are going to finish recording the next episode of our podcast "Bad Rapport". This episode is special because Oct. 25th marks the 10th anniversary of the day we met. We intend to spend the episode recounting our history together. We'd like to get some questions from you, the Bad Rapport listeners. What would you like to know about our history together as friends & comedy music performers? Please submit your questions via email to badrapport@gmail.com by this Tuesday, October 29th, at 7pm CST. Thanks, and I hope you'll enjoy the episode to come.

There will be a fan table for FuMPFeST 2014 set up in the hallways of WindyCon, where we will be taking pre-registrations, doing raffles, giving out snacks, and promoting the heck out of FuMPFeST the best we can. So come by and see what we have in store for everybody!

Tom Smith, Mikey Mason, ToyBoat, Feng Shui Ninjas, and Beth Kinderman and the Player Characters will also be doing concerts at WindyCon.

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Thanks for reading, and don't forget to request "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" for the Dr. Demento Show today! :D Happy Halloween!

and "UNDER THE SMOGBERRY TREES" DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT "THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW" PRODUCTION CREW WILL BE ATTENDING/FILMING AT MARSCON 2014!

Since the late 90's, comedian & musician Henry Phillips has been performing his brilliant satirical songs at comedy clubs all across the nation. As well the nationally syndicated radio program "The Bob & Tom Show", he has also appeared on "Comedy Central Presents" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live". His award winning semi-autobiographical comedy film "Punching The Clown" is currently available on Netflix and iTunes. He's released a handful of albums over the years, which include such hit songs from "The Dr. Demento Show" as "On The Shoulders Of Freaks", "Talking Again", "Girlfriend", "Alone Again", "L. A. Dream", and fan favorites "Sweet Little Blossom Of Mine", "Fresh Out Of Blues", "Guitar Pill", and "Jerkin' Around". We're very excited to have Henry Phillips as MarsCon 2014's Music Guest Of Honor. (http://www.henryphillips.com)

We are also incredibly psyched to announce that the crew from "Meep Morp Studios" who are currently producing the documentary film "Under The Smogberry Trees: The True Story Of Dr. Demento And Mr. Hansen" will be attending and filming at MarsCon 2014. MarsCon's comedy music track, named the 'Dementia Track' after former Guest of Honor Dr. Demento, has grown to become the biggest annual gathering of Dr. Demento Show fans and performers over the past decade, and we're ready to show the Meep Morp crew how we celebrate our comedy music fandom! They'll be doing a Q&A on the main stage and talking about production on the Demento documentary, so get your questions ready! (http://www.underthesmogberrytrees.com)

Both Music Guest Of Honor Henry Phillips and Meep Morp Studios' attendance are being brought to MarsCon 2014 due to a very generous donation from the comedy music streaming internet station, Dementia Radio, in particular this year from benefactor Wayne 'WildCard' Garmil. So please thank him and Dementia Radio for sponsoring MarsCon's Music Guests Of Honor for 3 years running. (http://www.dementiaradio.org).

Currently pre-registration for a weekend badge for MarsCon 2014 is only $40.00! The price will increase on November 1st, which is 10 days from now. So get your badge before Midnight on October 31st, and spend the extra money you saved buying your badge early on Halloween candy! (http://marscon.org/2014/register.php)

Many more comedy music performers for 2014's Dementia Track will be announced in the weeks to come, so stay tuned for forthcoming updates. For now, get your badge and get psyched for the "SmogberryTrees" documentary crew and Music Guest Of Honor Henry Phillips at MarsCon 2014!

This Friday afternoon, October 25th, Carrie Dahlby and I are going to record the next episode of our podcast "Bad Rapport". This episode is special because that date marks the 10th anniversary of the day we met. We intend to spend the episode recounting our history together. We'd like to get some questions from you, the Bad Rapport listeners. What would you like to know about our history together as friends & comedy music performers? Please submit your questions via email to badrapport@gmail.com by this Friday, October 25th, at 3pm CST. Thanks, and I hope you'll enjoy the episode to come.

Everybody and your Mom is doing a Kickstarter these days, and that includes Insane Ian. He needs new tech gear so he can continue his 'Reviewsicals' web videos. Maybe if you donat, he'll shut up. (Get it? "Shut up, Ian!"? Nevermind, just donate.)

- "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" HITS #5 ON DR. DEMENTO'S TOP 10!Please REQUEST it again at http://drdemento.com/request , and pleaseinclude your e-mail addr. so it counts towards the October Top 10!

I have 2 concerts this year! One on Saturday at 5:00 pm in LaSalle, and another on Sunday at 1:30 pm in LaSalle! And as always, I'll have my merch table in the hall in Artist's Alley.

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- LUKE & CARRIE'S BAD RAPPORT

Episode #091 – YouLickPooIn this episode we are joined by Ken ‘Madman’ Sherlock, because why call him on the phone when you can have him there in person? This week, Luke shows Carrie and Ken the BatDad video on YouTube; We do a non-spoilery review of “The World’s End”, we talk about comments “Blasted Bill” Putt made about Luke on on his podcast “The Pod Of Destiny” regarding why Luke never gained notoriety and success neither in the mainstream nor on the internet (Bill is correct about this); Carrie reveals her toddler’s paranormal abilities; Luke explains why he always roots for the underdog and other related neurosis; and cosmic karma finally catches up with Luke at his caricature stand. We also play comedy tracks by Tony Goldmark, Garden Fresh, Matthieu Chedid, The Wonders, Insane Ian, Neil Patrick Harris, Lemon Demon, Sean Cullen, Jimmy Fallon, and Ylvis. So check out yet another episode of Luke & Carrie’s Bad Rapport: More bad, less rapport! Episode length: 2:19:32

Since 2010, 'the great Luke Ski' has been spending an inordinate amount of his spare time making puppet versions of his comedy music colleagues from the Funny Music Project (the FuMP .com), filming videos with them, and posting them on YouTube. Now, the first batch of these videos is available here on this DVD, "Luke Ski's Puppet Videos: Volume 1"! It has the first 3 video episodes of the podcast Luke does with Carrie Dahlby, "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport", as well as the epic opening ceremonies video from MarsCon 2013, "The FuMPet Show", a parody tribute to Jim Henson's classic Muppet Show! Featuring comedy music by the great Luke Ski, Carrie Dahlby, Worm Quartet, Power Salad, Possible Oscar, Rob Balder, Insane Ian, TV's Kyle, Carla Ulbrich, Art Paul Schlosser, Cirque du So What?, Scooter Picnic, the Nick Atoms, Flat 29, and Paul & Storm

Please REQUEST 'When You Wish Upon A Death Star' by Luke Ski for 'The Dr. Demento Show' today! Sadly, "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" did not make The Dr. Demento Show's Top Ten for August 2013. It's still hanging in there stong as the 4th most requested song of the year according to the unofficial fan tallies! Now that the new MUSIC VIDEO for the song has been posted on my YouTube page, hopefully this will result in a resurgance of fan support. So please help me out by putting in a REQUEST for "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" at http://drdemento.com/request TODAY, and be sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS so it counts towards the Top Ten tabulations!

Please REQUEST 'When You Wish Upon A Death Star' by Luke Ski for 'The Dr. Demento Show' today! Sadly, "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" did not make The Dr. Demento Show's Top Ten for August 2013. It's still hanging in there stong as the 4th most requested song of the year according to the unofficial fan tallies! Now that the new MUSIC VIDEO for the song has been posted on my YouTube page, hopefully this will result in a resurgance of fan support. So please help me out by putting in a REQUEST for "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" at http://drdemento.com/request TODAY, and be sure to INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS so it counts towards the Top Ten tabulations!

'You Don't Know Jack' by Tony G. at the FuMP! New Puppet DVD! New Bad Rapport! - Luke Ski Update The FuMP dot com has won the 2013 Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Music Podcast! This is our second time winning this award, the first time was in 2009. On top of the usual amount of pride I feel for the FuMP and its dozens of highly talented comedy music acts, I also feel a little bit of personal victory in these awards, because in both instances, the sample compilation MP3 we sent to the award committee contained an excerpt of one of my songs posted during the qualifying year ("Battlestar Rhapsody" in 2009, and "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" in 2013). So, go us, and go me! :)

Also, in preparation for this Thursday being "Talk Like A Pirate Day", ye best be gettin over to the FuMP dot com where Tony Goldmark has posted not one, but TWO different covers of me Captian Jack Sparrow tribute, "YOU DON'T KNOW JACK"! So go plunder those MP3s now, you bloomin' cockroachers! ~ Luke Ski, 9/17/13

Please REQUEST 'DEATH STAR' and 'Tribute' tracks for 'The Dr. Demento Show'! - Luke Ski Update 7/22 Thanks to everyone who voted for tracks from "Worst Tribute Ever" on the Mad Music Dementia Top 20! "W.F.S." by Worm Quartet was #1 a week ago, with TV's Kyle's "House Party At Arkham Asylum" hitting #2! :D Carrie and I are recording a new "Bad Rapport" today, so hurry and get your comments in now on Puppet Video #3, your favorite tracks from "Worst Tribute Ever", and LukeSkiCon 2013! In tour date news, I finally have some details on my OsFest gig this weekend. Also, there are still tickets available for my Saturday night concert at GenCon Indy, so get those while they're still available. Oh, and I'm also in Episode 62 of the Flopcast, recorded live at CONvergence 2013 (http://flopcast.net). Hope you're all having a great summer. New Luke Ski products are coming soon! Stay tuned! ~ Luke Ski, 7/22/13

HEADLINES:

- PLEASE REQUEST "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" BY LUKE SKIAND "MURDER WAS THE PLAY" BY FLAT 29 FOR "THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW"!http://drdemento.com/requestBe sure to include your e-mail addr. so it counts towards the Top Ten!

- SPECIAL OFFER!The first 17 people who order both the "Worst Tribute Ever" CDand the "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport: Best Of 2012" CD will get the "Luke & Carrie's Bad Rapport: Best Of 2011" CD thrown in for FREE!

Request "Death Star", new "Bad Rapport", new Tour Dates, & a T-Rex! - Luke Ski Update 5/20/2013 LukeSkiCon 2013 is just a month away, and I couldn't be any more (freaked out about getting everything done in time) excited about it! All you folks who donated to my Kickstarter last year need to go to http://lukeskicon.com and enter the password to see the preliminary schedule to find out who's performing, and to get the hotel information so you can make a room block reservation. You also need to email me to confirm your attendance (details at the website). I am trying to get a separate emailing list for LukeSkiCon launched, so keep an eye out for that.

Hey, have you requested "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" for the Dr. Demento Show lately? If not, please do, and please include your email address. Also, listen to the show, because it is 2 hours of awesome every week. Thanks! And now, the news... ~ Luke Ski, 5/20/13

HEADLINES:

- REQUEST "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" FOR THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW!http://drdemento.com/requestBe sure to include your e-mail address so it counts towards the Top Ten

Logan Whitehurst Medley at the FuMP! Please REQUEST "Death Star" for Dr. Demento Show! - Luke Ski Up Let's all wish a very Happy Birthday to Dr. Demento! As a gift to him and the rest of the funny music loving world, there's a new track posted at the FuMP today that I produced that I think you all will love! So go check it out! :D Speaking of birthdays, I am heading to L.A. soon to give Bob his promised Kickstarter house concert on his birthday, as well as mow his lawn. I don't have any public performances lined up for my time there, but if anything comes up, I will let you all know. And now, on with the pluggery! ~ Luke Ski, 4/2/2013

HEADLINES:

- "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE LOGAN A MEDLEY" by THE FUMPA medley of Logan Whitehurst's funniest songs produced by Luke Ski,performed by 10 acts from the FuMP! - http://www.thefump.com

- REQUEST "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" FOR THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW!http://drdemento.com/requestBe sure to include your e-mail address so it counts towards the Top Ten

Request "Death Star", Luke Ski at MarCon 48, 3 new "Bad Rapport" episodes! - Luke Ski Update 3/25/20 There was an almost 5-week span of time where we didn't post a new episode of our podcast "Bad Rapport" due to MarsCon. So for the sake of getting back on track, in the past 3 weeks we've posted 3 new episodes! #80 is our MarsCon recap, #81 is more cartoon talk with TV's Kyle, and #82 is a fairly normal episode recorded at a mall. Besides that, the most important things to say are that I'll be at MarCon in Columbus this weekend, and please request "When You Wish Upon A Death Star" for the Dr. Demento Show! :) Talk to you all soon! ~ Luke Ski, 3/25/2013

HEADLINES:

- REQUEST "WHEN YOU WISH UPON A DEATH STAR" FOR THE DR. DEMENTO SHOW!http://drdemento.com/requestBe sure to include your e-mail address so it counts towards the Top Ten